hsls: HSLS Data

In AmberlyDziesinski/ds: Files for Vanderbilt Data Science 1000

Description

Loads clean version of High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) data into the environment

Usage

data(hsls)

Format

Data are structured as one observation per individual. Variables include:

student_id

Student identifier assigned for all base year eligible students (including respondents, nonrespondents, and questionnaire incapable students). Numeric value ranging from 10001 to 35206

sex

Sex of the student. Categories: Male; Female

race

Race of the student. Categories: Amer. Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic; Asian, non-Hispanic; Black/African-American, non-Hispanic; Hispanic, no race specified; Hispanic, race specified; More than one race, non-Hispanic; Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic; White, non-Hispanic

hispanic

Student is Hispanic. Categories: Yes; No

family_income

Categorical variable indicating the student's family's income from all sources in 2008. Categories: Family income less than or equal to $15,000; Family income > $15,000 and <= $35,000; Family income > $35,000 and <= $55,000; Family income > $55,000 and <= $75,000; Family income > $75,000 and <= $95,000; Family income > $95,000 and <= $115,000; Family income > $115,000 and <= $135,000; Family income > $135,000 and <= $155,000; Family income > $155,000 and <=$175,000; Family income > $175,000 and <= $195,000; Family income > $195,000 and <= $215,000; Family income > $215,000 and <= $235,000; Family income > $235,000

ses

Composite variable to measure a construct for socioeconomic status. Calculated using a combination of parental education, occupation, and family income. Continuous variable ranging from -1.7526 to 2.5668

ap_ib_credit

Total credits the student earned from Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses while in high school. Continuous variable ranging from 0 to 13

gpa

Student's overall GPA. Continuous variable ranging from 0.0 to 4.0

hours_extracurricular

Hours student spent on extracurricular activities on a typical school day. Categories include: Less than 1 hour; 1 to 2 hours; 2 to 3 hours; 3 to 4 hours; 4 to 5 hours; 5 or more hours

college_tour

Did the student attend a program at, or take a tour of a college campus? Categories: Yes; No

music

Did the student participate in music or dance while in high school? Categories: Yes; No

art

Did the student participate in art while in high school? Categories: Yes; No

drama

Did the student participate in theater or drama while in high school? Categories: Yes; No

sports

Did the student participate in organized sports while in high school? Categories: Yes; No

other_club

Did the student participate in other club/group/scouting while in high school? Categories: Yes; No

worked_job

Did the student ever work for pay while in high school? Categories: Yes; No

Details

The data in this file were collected by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009. Full data files and codebooks can be downloaded from https://nces.ed.gov/OnlineCodebook. Data were cleaned to exclude students with missing data and students who did not attend a four-year college.

Source

https://nces.ed.gov/OnlineCodebook

Examples

# Run descriptive statistics on the data:
# hist(gpa)
# table(family_income)
# mean(ap_ib_credit)

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